Smith & Jones!

A story of a tortoise called George, with love from the Galapagos

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July 31st 2009
With literally just days until I am back in the UK I wanted to post some pictures from my wonderful time in the Galapagos, if only to give you a flavour of where I have been for the last 2 weeks! In any event, I will tell you the TRUE story of Lonesome George, in case you do not know it.... Once upon a time in the Galapagos, on the Island (of which there are many here and I only peeked at 7) cal ... read more

South America » Ecuador » Galápagos

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The "Republic of the Equator" was one of three countries that emerged from the collapse of Gran Colombia in 1830 (the others are Colombia and Venezuela). Between 1904 and 1942, Ecuador lost territories in a series of conflicts with its neighbors. A b... ... read more